Polymers in Industry from A to Z

A Abrasion Resistance - Azeotropic Copolymerization B Back-Flow - Butyl Rubber C Calcium Carbonate (CaCO3) - Cyanate Ester D DABCO - Dynamic Vulcanization E Effective Modulus - Eyring Equation F Fabrication - Fusion Promoter G Gate - Gutta Percha H Halogenated Fire Retardant - Hyperbranched Polymer I Impact Modifier - Izod Impact Test J integral - Joint K Value - Kneading L Lamella - Lüder Lines M M100 and M300 - Mylar N Nafion - Nylon Screw O Oil Absorption - Ozone P Paint - Pyrolysis Q Q Meter - Quinone Structure R Rabinowitsch Equation - Rutile S Sag - Syntactic Foam T Tack - Tyre Construction U Ubbelohde Viscometer - UV Stabilizer V Vacuum Forming - Vulcanization W Wall Slip - Work of Adhesion X X-Ray Diffraction (XRD) - Xenon Arc Lamp Y Y Calibration Factor - Young's Modulus Z Z-Blade Mixer - Zisman Plot

Dr. Leno Mascia He holds the position of Retired Reader in Polymer Technology at the Department of Materials at Loughborough University, UK. Dr Mascia was awarded his PhD in Polymer Technology from the University of Aston, UK. For the first 10 years of his expansive career, Dr. Mascia worked as a Research Scientist first at I.C.I., Plastics Division, UK and then at Raychem, Corporate Technology , UK. This was followed by 30 years in academia, at Aston University and at Loughborough University, with close links to industry. Dr Mascia is the European Editor for Advances in Polymer Technology (Wiley-Interscience). He is widely recognised as an authority in the field of Polymer Science and Engineering and the main author of more than 150 publications, three textbooks and 12 patents. His main research activities are concerned with property enhancement of polymeric materials through morphology control, either by innovative processing routes or by the formation of heterophase structures. He has been awarded the degree of Doctor of Science in recognition for his sustained contribution to scientific research in the field of Properties Enhancement of Polymer Materials.s awarded his PhD in Polymer Technology from the University of Aston, UK. For the first 10 years of his expansive career, Dr. Mascia worked as a Research Scientist first at I.C.I., Plastics Division, UK and then at Raychem, Corporate Technology , UK. This was followed by 30 years in academia, at Aston University and at Loughborough University, with close links to industry. Dr Mascia is the European Editor for Advances in Polymer Technology (Wiley-Interscience). He is widely recognised as an authority in the field of Polymer Science and Engineering and the main author of more than 150 publications, three textbooks and 12 patents. His main research activities are concerned with property enhancement of polymeric materials through morphology control, either by innovative processing routes or by the formation of

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